An all time favorite North Indian dish. The combination of peas, tomatoes and paneer gives this dish a subtle sweetness which enhances the taste of this flavored dish..

You could alter the spice level according to your taste. If you don't much care for the sweetness of the peas, you could add a little more red chilli powder or even add green chilli pasteSo go ahead a experiment to what suits your palate or simple follow the recipe to the Tee, either way, one cant go wrong with this simple quick recipe. Serve it warm with phulka's to keep the meal light or any bread you desire to savor it with.

Serves: 4 persons
Cooking time: about 20 minutes
Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh paneer cubes/ 250 grams ready paneer packet or Home Made Paneer
• 1/2 cup cooked fresh peas/mutter
• 2 cups pureed tomatoes (choose red ripe tomatoes)
• 1/2 cup of chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon of grated ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon of chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• ½ teaspoon cumin powder
• ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
• ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
• 2 teaspoon Vegetable/Sunflower oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Method

Soak the paneer in hot salt water for about 30 minutes. This process makes the paneer soft and tasty.

Make a combined paste of the onion, ginger and garlic.

Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion mixture until they turn mild golden color on medium heat.

Add the tomato puree, turmeric, cumin powder, salt and red chilli powder. And sauté until tomatoes are cooked and thickened. You can some water to loosen the gravy and adjust the spices if you feel the gravy is too thick.

Add paneer and cooked  peas to the tomato gravy and simmer for 5 minutes.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with phulkas or any desired bread.

TIP: For the Peas to remain green and to taste sweet add, sugar and salt during the cooking process. The peas has to be completely submerged in water while cooking, this prevents it from popping/breaking into half.  This tip applies to organic peas/non frozen/non cooked/non sweet peas.